A FORMER Official IRA leader wanted in the US for forging millions of dollars made a public appearance yesterday at a meeting on the future of Europe.

Health services in Ireland must not simply be provided by the cheapest EU contractor, it was claimed today.

A major conference is taking place on the future of the European Union today following last year’s rejection of the EU constitution by voters in some countries.

LABOUR leader Pat Rabbitte yesterday sought to cash in on the Government’s “record of broken promises” as he launched his party’s European election campaign in Dublin.

The current Government is the most despised and distrusted in the history of the state, Labour Party leader Pat Rabbitte claimed today.

British Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott launched the European election campaign today with a rousing call on voters to back “justice, freedom and equality”.

Socialist MEPs have called on the Taoiseach Bertie Ahern to make a serious effort to finalise an EU constitution during Ireland’s presidency of the union.